Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Thrift Shop Luck....and GIVEAWAY!

The other weekend, my friend Hannah (of Narcissist fame), went thrifting. We were planning to hit up all these quaint stores but in reality we really only made it to The Salvation Army (which is slightly overpriced and picked over)and spent at least an hour there, rummaging through the racks and trying on everything.

Because I don't have a pair of shorts, I snatched a pair of Ralph Lauren's up. There is a reason I don't have shorts, people! THEY LOOK TERRIBLE ON MY BODY! I have HUGE thighs, why would I want to accentuate them by encasing them in skin-baring fabric? They look fine in this photopgraph as I really manipulated it, but as Hannah can attest, with a sad face, they were NOT good.

The top was good though. Silk and BEBE and only $9. I paired it with a sweet skirt ($8) and realized why I love skirts so much more.

Meanwhile, Hannah tried on a skirt that made her look like she lost weight on Jenny Craig. If only JC could provide killer abs like that!

Sometimes I wish I had the panache to wear a horrid thing like this and make it look cool. It just ain't me!

Later we hit up another store which I always loved for its "Nothing over $20" unspoken rule but was dismayed to see the prices had all gone up, even though the quality hadn't. I still scored a tangerine pencil skirt though that matches my coach bag perfectly. We also got cool glasses for $6! Hannah couldn't really tell in the store what they looked like, hence our self-portrait taken in a back alley.

Speaking of dresses, I'm having a giveaway for this Forever 21 dress - size small. It is new with tags, never worn and sooooo beautiful and flattering.

To enter just leave a relevant comment in this comment box or just say hi :) For two extra entries into the random draw, link back to THIS POST and let me know. I will do the draw on Friday or Saturday.

Good Luck!

PS - Attention all Vancouverites/Seattleites etc: Hannah and her company Narcissist are having a super duper sample sale. Here is some info and please see her website www.narcissist.com for more details: Semi-Annual Sample SaleOur famous overstock/sample sales start July 9th & 10th at our design studio in Gastown and 3 weekends at the Narcissist boutique. Bring a friend and each save an extra $10 off your purchases. Be the 50th, 100th or 150th customer on any given sale day and pay nothing for your items at checkout!

Love the floral dress you're wearing (and the one for the giveaway)! Looking forward to the tangerine skirt.

I'm with you on the whole no shorts thing. I much prefer skirts and dresses. Shorts are either too booty (and I have bigger thighs) or too old lady looking to me. No happy medium. Plus skirts and dresses make me feel more feminine.

PS - got my first maxi dress (forever 21) after your post about them and I love it! I got so many compliments when I wore it on the 4th of July. So thanks for your post - I'm already on the hunt for more.

I adore skirts, especially during the summer. Shorts don't usually look that great on me since I'm not very toned right now in the thigh area and therefore super self conscious. Skirts, however, are always fabulous.

That giveaway dress is absolutely fabulous. I love the color and the pattern. Absolutely beautiful.

I've been following your blog for a few months now and you've become one of my regulars. I live in the GVA too and it's really neat to see you out and about Vancouver (I'm normally at all the places you seem to take your photos at, I'm surprised that I haven't seen you around town yet!)

I know exactly how you feel when it comes to wearing shorts...ugghh. At least we have cute skirts and dresses to keep us cool in the summer time. Ummm... speaking of dresses I really like the one that you are giving away! ;)

The bebe top looks amazing on you, and I am wholly jealous of your amazing thrifting finds! I'm always impressed by the content of your blog.I am so pleased that skirts(+tights) are In right now, as they require so much less worry than pants... or the ultimate evil, shorts. Despite the fact that people find skirts dressy, I agree that it takes so much less effort to coordinate with skirts! They always look great, regardless of the occasion.I'd love to be entered in the giveaway:mics dot obrien at gmail.com~M

You look so gorgeous and summery in the dress you have on- and I have to say those shorts look awesome (though I realize there is photo manipulation- don't you wish we could permanently photoshop some things- le sigh). I luurrrve that F21 dress too- so elegant and breezy at the same time.

I always wear dresses and skirts..i just love them and they fit well to my body, better than jeans for example. Even at winter days i wear dresses..this one has great colours and i love the pattern, too. Keep up the good work!! Hope i win this dress for my best friend (or me:P ) who is getting married!

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I've been many things in my life: an aspiring screenwriter, a journalist, a marketing lackey, a vagabond solo traveler, a frugal fashionista, a music journalist and now, an author of a much-loved Young Adult supernatural series - one thing that'll never change? My urge to be Anywhere But Here.